Tityra 
Tityra 
ityra (tit'i-ril), H. [NL., < Gr. rni'pnr, also ri- to 1 (t),jr;i., inlr.. and ._/. [< ME. to. < AS. to 
VIH;, a kind "of bird; cf. rarbpat, Ttrapof, tin- = OS. to, /< = dl-'rii-s. /./, to, /i MM. I', toe = 
iheaiant.] A genus of cotingini- birds of tlie MUi. to, /,//, 1,1 :.'"=< lll< . .it", :II,.H. MUG. 
, ...^f LJ ..f A ,11. ;<., i fi.t.r..^i.i,t!it i vi> of tin- ~//**. 'H. ( i. ~n. to: not in Hcand.. where tit i* IIM-<| 
pl>r.-i-;mt. | A ;,'i-ims IP!' cotillgilie 
wariiirr parts of America, n-pn-srntativi' of the 
'I'llyrill.T. ThcyiirfcharartiTizfd by tin- unhi-Utli-d IN 
tun of the HtnmK oonptWMd lull, tin- slender ftiinitar- 
.sli.-ipi-d si-i-iind piiiiKiry "f (In- mini! niiil.-, and the black 
mid while phliiufr, whii-li is i>"t very dissimilar in tin up 
pi i^ ill- SCXI-S. KiVr spivirs Hlllyr fl'DIII Solll llrni MrUri. ti. 
siiuthci-ii llnix.il, T. eiiiniiia, T.I': F ,,-nuinA-int,i 
(i>r iirmiiald, which rniHn-s Mrxirn), '/'. iiitjuiniiiir. and '/'. 
albilnn/uen (whose Mc\ic:m v.-u-icly H/ninrri). Also called 
Ptarix, Vrnlnr, :tnd Exetaistea. 
:HI>,~H, <i. _-//. to: not. inScand., when- til 
(see tilt 2 ), or in Goth., where <lu is used (the Hup- 
posi-d ronm-i-l ion of 'In and to is not made out) ; 
= ( )Ir. do = W. di, later ddi, W. ', as a prefix ily- 
= ('<>ru.ilhi, to; cf. Lith.r/a-, = L.^to = Gr. -ie = 
Zend -da, a demonstrative formative.] I. prep. 
A word used to express the relation of direction 
or tendency, with many modified and related 
senses. 1. In the direction of ; unto; toward: 
4--V. iVi-V/- i vi- ///, iniurlf nlilir senses. 1. in llio direction 01 ; unio; lowam: 
^flL'^r'V's,:': '':/,. '' /r ' e ' abbr ' ""Bating direction or motion toward a place, 
of tityrc-tu.] I. Same as tilyrc-tu. 
No ncwa of Navies burnt at seas ; 
No noise of late spawn'd Titiyriet. 
limit*, A New Year's Gift Sent to Sir Simeon Steward. 
2. Gin. liiiili-y, \T.\\. 
i i in . . . sold under the names of double geneva, royal 
Ki-m-va, celestial geneva, titttry . . . gained . . . universal 
applause.. 
0. Smith, Complete Distiller, quoted In H. Dowell's Taxes 
[In England, IV. las. 
tityre-tut (tit'i-re-tu'), H. [So called in some 
fanciful allusion to the first line of the first 
eclogue of Virgil: "Tityre, tu patulee recubans 
sub tegraine fagi."] One of a band of roisterers 
or street-ruffians in London in the seventeenth 
century, similar to the Mohawks, Hawcubites, 
Hectors, etc. Also spelled tittery-tu. 
For the dyet of some of the noble science, some for roar- 
Ing boyes, and rough-hewd tiUery-tuei. 
John Taylor, Works (1630), (Nara.) 
Some of the Tityre-lu't, not long after the appearance 
of this drama (1024), appear to have been brought before 
the Council, and committed on a suspicion of state de- 
linquency. 
tli/ord, Note on Dekker and Ford's Sun's Dai-ling, 1. 1. 
Tityrinas (tit-i-ri'ne), n.pl. [NL., < Tityra + 
-ilia?.] One of six subfamilies into which the 
Cotingidx have been divided, typified by the 
genus Tityra, and characterized by the ex- 
tremely short second primary of the adult males. 
The tarsi are pycnaspidean, and the bill is strong and 
shrike-like; the plumage Is not generally bright, and 
the sexes as a rule are differently colored. There are 
8 genera and about 25 species, two or three of which 
reach the Mexican border of the United States. The 
range of the subfamily is nearly coextensive with that of 
the family. 
Tiu, . A form of Tiic. 
tiver (tiv'er), n. [< ME. "tever (found in an 
early manuscript as teapor, an error for "tea- 
far), < AS. tea/or, red, purple.] A kind of 
ocher which is used for marking sheep in some 
parts of England. 
tiver (tiv'er), v. t. [< ME. *tevere, < AS. teof- 
rian, tyfrian, mark in red or purple, < teafor, 
red, purple: see tiver, .] To mark with tiver, 
as sheep. 
Tivoli yam. See yam. 
tivy (tiv'i), adv. [Appar. imitative of lively 
pattering motion. Cf. tantivy.] With great 
speed : a huntsman's word or cry . 
In a bright moon-shine while winds whistle loud, 
Tivy, Hey, tivy, we mount and we fly. 
Drydtn, Tyrannic Love, Iv. 1. 
Tiw (te'o), n. [See Tuesday.] The original su- 
preme divinity of the ancient Teutonic mythol- 
ogy, corresponding with Dyu of India, Zeus of 
Greece, and Jove of the Romans. 
tiza (te'zS), . [Peruv.] The mineral ulexite: 
so called in Peru. 
Tizri, . See Tishri. 
tizwin (tiz'win), n. [Amer. Ind.] Among the 
Apaches and kindred Indians, an intoxicating 
distilled liquor similar to the Mexican mescal, 
said to be made from the yucca or Spanish- 
bayonet. 
tizzy (tiz'i), n. ; pi. tizzies (-iz). [Corruption of 
tester^.] A sixpence. [Slang.] 
There 's an old 'oman at the lodge, who will show you all 
that 's worth seeing ... for a tizzy. 
Bulwer, Cartons, v. 1. 
T-joint (te'joint), n. A joint made by uniting 
two pieces rectangularly to each other so as to 
form a semblance of the letter T. 
Tl. The chemical symbol of the metal thal- 
lium. 
tmema (tme'nia), . ; pi. tmemata (-ma-tft). [< 
Gr. Tfififta, a part cut off, a segment, < npvetv, ra- 
fielv (perf . Tirana), cut : see tome 1 .] A part cut 
off; a section; a division. 
tmesis (tme'sis), . [< L. tmesis, < Gr. r/w/o/c, a 
cutting, tmesis,< re pvciv, raftelv, cut : sec tun nut.] 
In i/ram., a figure by which a compound word is 
separated into two parts, and one or more words 
are inserted between them: as, "of whom be 
thou ware also" (2 Tim. iv. !">), for "of whom 
beware thou also." Also called 
point, goal, state, condition, or position, or 
toward something to be done or to be treated : 
opposed to from. 
From every shires ende 
Of Engelond to Caunterbury they wende. 
Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 16. 
Be-hold [look] to th> sonereyn In tlr face with they eyene. 
Booke of Precedence (E. E. T. 8., extra ser.), 1. 58. 
Adonis hied him to the chase. 
stink., Venus and Adonis, 1. 3. 
Me longeth sore to Bemysdale, 
I may not be therfro. 
J.i/Ml Oeite of Kubyn Uode (Child's Ballads, V. 121). 
Thou shalt to the Mall with us. 
Conyreve, Way of the World, I. 9. 
The natural disposition to any particular art, science, 
profession, or trade is very much to be consulted In the 
care of youth. Steele, Spectator, No. 157. 
The General has fallen to one side In his large chair, 
whose arms support him from falling to the floor. 
W. M. Baker, New Timothy, p. 260. 
2. As far as: indicating a point or limit reached 
or to be reached in space, time, or degree ; ex- 
pressing extent of continuance, or proceeding, 
or degree of comprehension, or inclusion. 
The sun in his sercle set vnto rest, 
And the day ouer-drogh to the derke night. 
Dettruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 10735. 
Tills Tower Is easily to be seene to Milan In a cleare 
day. 
Coryat, Crudities, I. 137. 
That which most exasperated the Sllures was a report 
of certaine words cast out by the Emperor, that he would 
root them out to the verie name. MUton, Hist. Eng., II. 
Sir Tomkyn, drawing his sword, swore he was hers to 
the hut drop of his blood. Ooldnnith, Vicar, xi. 
And ever James was bending low, 
To his white jennet's saddlebow. 
Scott, L. of the I.., v. 21. 
He might have cogitated to all eternity without arriv- 
ing at a result. H. Spencer, Social Statics, p. 23. 
3. For; unto: indicating an actual or supposed 
limit to movement or action, or denoting desti- 
nation, design, purpose, or aim : as, the horse is 
broken to saddle or harness. 
The souldiar preparynge hym selfe to the flelde 
Leaues not at home his sworile and his shielde. 
ltal*e* Book (E. E. T. s. X p. 339. 
Wherefore was I to this keen mockery born ? 
Shak., M. N. D., ii. 2. 123. 
They must be dieted, as horses to a race. 
.Burton, Anat. of Mel., p. 196. 
But to nobler sights 
Michael from Adam's eyes the film removed. 
MUton, t. I .. , xi. 412. 
I shall give Tom an eddication an' put him to a business. 
George Eliot, Mill on the Floss, i. 3. 
He was born to a large fortune, and had married a lady 
of the house of Noailles. The Century, XU. 368. 
If the field Is planted to some other crop, the young lice 
mature on the grass-roots. 
Amer. Nat., December, 1889, p. 1105. 
4. Unto: indicating a result or effect produced; 
denoting a consequence or end : as, he was nat- 
tered tofiis ruin ; it was reported to her shame. 
I shall laugh myself to death. Shak., Tempest, ii. 2. 158. 
If any man in Englande should goe aboughte ... to 
examine yo'. life to yor. utter iwdoinge. 
Quoted in U. Halft Society In Elizabethan Age, viil. 
I must not leave this fellow : I will torment him to 
madness. Iteau. and Ft., Woman-Hater, ii. 1. 
The moment the master put his horse to speed, his troops 
scattered in all directions. Irving, Granada, p. 94. 
Then unto them I turned me, and I spake, 
And I began : "Thine agonies, Franceses, 
Sad and compassionate to weeping make me." 
Longfellow, tr. of Dante's Inferno, v. 117. 
5. Upon ; besides : denoting addition, contribu- 
tion, or possession. 
His breath and beauty set 
Gloss on the rose, smell to the violet 
Shak., Venus and Adonis, 1. 936. 
I have a thousand faces to deceive, 
And, to those, twice as many tongues to flatter. 
Fletcher and Shirley, Night- Walker, I. 2. 
Wisdom he has, and to his wisdom courage, 
Temper to that* and unto all success. 
Sir J. Denham, The Sophy. (Latham. ) 
6. Upon; on: denoting contact, junction, or 
union. 
Lean to no post* whils that ye stande present 
Byf ore your lorde. Babeei Book (E. E. T. S. X p. 4. 
to 
Let me Infold thee, 
And hold thee to my heart. 
tihuk., Mii.-tM'ih, i. 4. 32. 
Then doe they sew a long and black thmig In that thick 
hide or skin. ' Purchat, Pilgrimage, p. 1M. 
\Vh.-n all night long a cloud clings to tin- hill. 
Tennyttjn, Cieraint. 
7. Compared wit li: denoting comparison, pro- 
portion, or inraMiri-. Hence It Is used In a strictly 
limited sense in expressing ratios or proportions : as, three 
is to twelve as four is to sixtt m. 
There Is no music to a Christian's knell. 
Marlowe, Jew of Malta, Ir. 1. 
No, there were no man on the earth to Thomas, 
If 1 durst trust him. 
O. Jonton, Every Man In his Humour, III. 2. 
Name you any one thing that your citizen's wife comes 
short of to your lady. 
DtUter and Webtter, Westward Ho, L 1. 
8. Against; over against: denoting opposition, 
contrast, or antithesis: as, to wager three to 
one ; they engaged hand to hand. 
He sets the lesse by the greater, or the greater to the 
lease, the eqiiall to his equal), and by such confronting of 
them together drlues out the tme ods that Is betwixt 
tlii-iii. Pvttenham, Arte of Eng. Poesie, p. 197. 
For now we see through a glass, darkly ; but then face 
to face. 1 Cor. xlii. 12. 
My hat to a halfpenny, Pompey prove* the best worthy. 
Shak., L. L. L., v. 2. 563. 
Tho that they were nine to ane, 
They caused (them] take the chace. 
Battle of Balrinnei (Child's Ballads, VII. 229). 
Why will you fight against so sweet a passion, 
And steel your heart to such a world of charms? 
Addiion, CatD, L (',. 
A sharp conflict, hand to hand and man to man, took 
place on the battlements. Irving, Oranada, p. 54. 
9. In accordance, congruity, or harmony with: 
denoting agreement, adaptation, or adjustment: 
as, a plan drawn to scale ; painted to the life. 
Ihesu, thou kan me sone amende ; 
Thou has me made to thi lyknes. 
Political Poemt, etc. (ed. Pumlvall), p. 105. 
And whan ye kuowe what it Is, loke ye, performe It to 
his plesier. Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), L 58. 
His horses and his men 
Suited in satin to their master's colours. 
1'etle, Polyhymnia (ed. Bullen). 
Fashion your demeanour to my looks. 
Shak.,C. of E.,a 2. 38. 
Now, Maria, here Is a character to your taste. 
Sheridan. School for Scandal, i. 1. 
It was a most difficult matter to keep the tunnel to 
grade. Sci. Amer., N. 8., LXIV. 52. 
10. In accompaniment with: as, she sang to 
his guitar. 
They move 
In perfect phalanx to the Dorian mood 
Of flutes and soft recorders. MUton, P. I.., L 550. 
Let us but practise a while ; and then you shall see me 
dance the whole Dance to the Violin. 
Wycherley, Gentleman Dancing-Master, Iv. 1. 
1 1 . In the character, quality, or shape of ; for ; 
as. 
And Floriz he maketh stonde upiv.t 
And ther he dubbede him to knijt. 
King Horn (E. E. T. 8.X p. 73. 
He badde me wlte of yow what he shulde haue to rc- 
warde. Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), L 72. 
He hath a pretty young man to his son, whose name is 
Civility. Bunyan, Pilgrim's Progress, I. 
He took a morsel of early lamb to his dinner. 
Troltope, Last Chronicle of Barset, xllx. 
12. Regarding; concerning; as to: denoting 
relation : as, to plead to the charge ; to speak 
to the question. 
Where we may leisurely 
Each 'one demand and answer to his part 
Perform'd In this wide gap of time. 
Shot., W. T., v. S. 153. 
It takes away my faith to anything 
He shall hereafter speak. 
B. Jonton, Sejanus, III. 1. 
At these meetings, any of the members of the churches 
may come, if they please, and speak their minds freely, 
in the fear of God, to any matter. 
Penn, Rise and Progress of Quakers, iv. 
(Dr.] To a lady's lounging chair ... In 
ebonlzed wood 16-16-0 
Tn a gentleman's Etruscan do. do., cabri- 
ole legs 17-17-0 
Mitt Braddon, Hostages of Fortune, p. 115. 
13. Denoting application or attention : as, he 
fell to work. 
Sing me now asleep ; 
Then to your offices, and let me rest. 
Shak., M. N. D., U. 2. 7. 
They begin with porridge, then they fall to capon, or so 
forth. Dekktrand Wekgter, Northward Ho, I. 1. 
The bride and her party, having arrived at the bride- 
groom's house, sit down to a repast. 
E. W. Lane, Modern Egyptians, I. 210. 
14. In connection with; appurtenant: denot- 
ing attribution, appurtenance, or belonging: 
as, a cap with a tassel to it. 
